Battalion Deputy Commander
Unit: 291st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment, 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, 58th Combined Arms Army, Southern Military District
Cargo ID: #743
Call Sign: "Mordvin" (Мордвин)
English Name: Yuri Alexandrovich Arkhipov
Russian Name: Архипова Юрия Александровича
Date of Birth: June 4, 1985 (age: 37 years)
Place of Birth: Romodanovo, Republic of Mordovia, Russia
Education: Kazan Higher Military Command School (graduated with honors)
Awards: Medal "For Military Merit", Medal "For Service in the Caucasus", Medal "Participant in Hostilities in the North Caucasus", Medal "Participant in the Counter-Terrorist Operation in the Caucasus", Order "For Services to the Fatherland" 2nd Class, Order of Courage (ph.)
Previous Service: Chechnya, Georgia (2008)
In March of 2022, he was wounded in the arm, but risking his life, he did not leave the place of shelling, put on a tourniquet and continued to fight. Only after the settlement was liberated, he was taken to the hospital, where he underwent a complex operation on the elbow joint. After being wounded with a needle in his hand, Yuri returned to his unit again, and in September 2022, with the mobilized, he again went to the war zone.
